Method of printing unique prints or individually assembled printed products on rotary printing machines
First Claim
1. A method of printing unique prints or individually assembled printed products on rotary printing machines, said method comprising providing an image subject to be transferred to a printing material in the form of preformatted data, said data comprising a plurality of segments in a line and column format, each segment comprising a first portion and a second portion, each portion comprising an index feature, providing said first portion of each said segment on a first printing forme cylinder in a line and column format, providing said second portion of each said segment on a second printing forme cylinder in a line and column format, synchronously rolling said first and second printing forme cylinders so that said first and second portions of data are transferred to the printing material and so that each first portion is assembled with a respective second portion to form a complete segment of data, and for each revolution of said printing forme cylinders, recombining said index features of each said segment stepwise in the manner of a permutation so that said printing material is uniquely printed with each said revolution.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The image subject to be transferred is applied in preformatted form to at least two printing formes in the form of segment-like image data in a row and column arrangement, in such a way that a first portion of information from each segment of the image subject (information (a) with appropriate index features) is provided on a first printing forme, and a second portion of information from the corresponding segment of the image subject (information (b) with appropriate index features) is provided on a second printing forme. As a result of synchronous rolling of the printing-forme cylinders, the portions of information are assembled to form complete information (<a,b> with the respectively combined index features) for each segment of the image subject on the printed page. For each printing-forme cylinder revolution, the index features for each segment of the image subject (information <a,b>) are recombined step by step in the manner of a permutation, so that each printed segment constitutes a unique print.
11 Citations
8 Claims
-
1. A method of printing unique prints or individually assembled printed products on rotary printing machines, said method comprising
providing an image subject to be transferred to a printing material in the form of preformatted data, said data comprising a plurality of segments in a line and column format, each segment comprising a first portion and a second portion, each portion comprising an index feature, providing said first portion of each said segment on a first printing forme cylinder in a line and column format, providing said second portion of each said segment on a second printing forme cylinder in a line and column format, synchronously rolling said first and second printing forme cylinders so that said first and second portions of data are transferred to the printing material and so that each first portion is assembled with a respective second portion to form a complete segment of data, and for each revolution of said printing forme cylinders, recombining said index features of each said segment stepwise in the manner of a permutation so that said printing material is uniquely printed with each said revolution.
Specification